A bit of good news today as the FDA issues new rules to curb widespread misuse of antibiotics
in farm animals:
[The Food and Drug Administration] issued two major industry guidance rules to eventually eliminate so-called production use of the drugs; some farmers have been exploiting antibiotics by adding them to feed to boost growth and reduce the amount that animals eat to gain weight. The FDA’s actions will limit the medications to their original purpose — to treat infections — and require veterinarians to dispense the drugs. [...]
“Because antimicrobial drug use in both humans and animals can contribute to the development of antimicrobial resistance, it is important to use these drugs only when medically necessary,” FDA officials said in their announcement.
Blast from the Past. At Daily Kos on this date in 2012— Mitch McConnell demands Democrats negotiate with themselves:
With some increase in taxes on the wealthy clearly inevitable, Republicans are pretty much left with nothing to do but try to distract public attention away from the fact they're still holding middle class tax cuts hostage, and continue to make unreasonable demands. There's no one better at that than Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
With talks to avert a series of spending cuts and tax increases continuing between President Obama and congressional leaders, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) warned Tuesday that no deal will be reached until Democrats step forward with specific proposals to cut federal spending.
“For all the president’s talk about the need for a balanced approach, the truth is he and his Democratic allies have simply refused to be pinned down on any spending cuts,” McConnell said.
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And, of course, Republicans have come up with essentially nothing beyond demands that the poor and the old get hurt really, really bad. But in totally not-Republican suggested ways that Democrats will have to come up with so that Republicans can blame it all on them in the next election. |
Tweet of the Day:
REMINDER: Christmas is in no actual danger. The longterm unemployed are.
— @LOLGOP
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On
today's Kagro in the Morning show, enjoy today's extended segment with
Greg Dworkin &
Armando! The Mandela memorial. The ACA website is working & enrollment is up. The Ryan-Murray budget deal. Kasich as the last "Compassionate Conservative?" Armando joins in on Hobby Lobby and conscience objections. Plus: the
Time Person of the Year selection, and Obama rebounds in the polls. "Get Your Fake Conscience Objections Off My Lawn." More Carpenter vs Beutler. NSA monitors video games, now? Juan Cole notes that even healthy dissent just isn't possible in a surveillance state.
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